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Depth Charge?
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Looks more similar to a spray tank, possibly for liquid smoke (FS/FM). Not one I recognize, but even though there were a number of US and UK versions they were not widely documented. My first guess was aircraft oxygen tank, but they don't have lugs... The smoke tanks came in a wide variety of sizes, and could be found this small.
This is a 4AS-1000 Mk. 2 JATO (Jet-Assisted-Take-Off) rocket motor, developed and constructed by the Aerojet Engineering Corporation for helping to lift heavily loaded planes and for rescue work. The motor produced 1,000 pounds of thrust for four seconds. The 4AS-1000 dates to 1953, and was a modification of the 14AS-1000. Due to its short duration, the 4AS-1000 was not as widely used as the standard 14AS-1000.
When the 4AS-1000 appeared, Aerojet was becoming one of the world's leading developers and producers of liquid and solid fuel rocket motors for a wide variety of applications, from boosters, to missile power plants, sounding rocket motors, and launch vehicle engines, plus many miscellaneous applications.
Aerojet General donated this JATO Unit to the Smithsonian in 1968
When the 4AS-1000 appeared, Aerojet was becoming one of the world's leading developers and producers of liquid and solid fuel rocket motors for a wide variety of applications, from boosters, to missile power plants, sounding rocket motors, and launch vehicle engines, plus many miscellaneous applications.
Aerojet General donated this JATO Unit to the Smithsonian in 1968